On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 07:48:50AM +0100, russelp@mac.com wrote:
I've just bought a 12inch G4 powerbook, and I have to say, so far I'm=20 extremely impressed. I /was/ going to go for the 17 inch model, but=20 decided I couldn't justify the extra grand or so. Personally, I think=20 =A31300 (got a slight discount on mine) is extremely reasonable for a=20 laptop of this quality.
Going for the 17" model would be extremely ideal but then it would be far too big for my liking. It is all down to shaping what you want to do on a mac.
One of my main concerns was the size of the screen (only 12 inch, and 1024x768), but I have to say, I've had no problems with it -- partly I suspect because of MacOS X's universal anti-aliasing and alpha-blending
(Quartz rocks) approach.
1024x768 is still standards nowadays to be honest. I'm running 1024x768 on this and it just seems fine. Of course, going up higher resolution would be nice but I am not bothered as long _work_ can get done.
Now all I want is for apple to write a full office suite to rival=20 Office, and we'll be away (apple's prices seem much more reasonable=20 than microsoft's as far as I can see).
There is apple works but I agree with you.. with the way apple is going now, they should write an excellent office suite. Who knows?